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Digvijay tied 5th

Shanghai: A flawless five-under 67 propelled Digvijay Singh to tied fifth spot, while Jeev Milkha Singh also recovered lost ground with a blemish-free two-under 70 in the penultimate round of $2.3 million BMW Asian Open here on Saturday.

Digvijay, tied 29th overnight, now has a total of three-under 213 six strokes off the pace of leader Ireland’s Darren Clarke (67).

In his best round of the tournament so far, Digvijay struck back-to-back birdies on the seventh and eighth to make the turn two-under.

He picked up three more shots — on the 10th, 13th and 17th holes — in the back nine to round off a brilliant performance.

Jeev, on the other hand, lies a shot below Digvijay at tied ninth. S.S.P. Chowrasia (72) is the next best-placed Indian on the leaderboard at tied 32nd with a total of one-over 217.

Leading scorers (after 3 rounds): 207 - Darren Clarke; 208 Robert-Jan Derksen; 209 - Robert Dinwiddie; 211 - Lin Wen-tang; 213 - Digvijay Singh, Michael Lorenzo-Vera, Hu Mu, Peter O’Malley; 214 - David Gleeson, Francesco Molinari, Jeev Milkha Singh, Scott Hend, Retief Goosen, Miles Tunnicliff. — PTI

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